MIAMI, Florida -- A couple who kept their five children on a strict raw foods diet was cleared of aggravated manslaughter Monday for the death of their 6-month-old baby, but convicted of four counts of child neglect.

MIAMI - A 6-month-old baby fed a diet of raw food died of natural causes brought on by a compromised immune system that was not the result of malnutrition, a medical expert testified Thursday in the manslaughter trial of the infant's parents.

MIAMI — The children of a vegan couple appeared bright-eyed and healthy to a case worker who investigated claims of child neglect at the family's home in 2002.

The controversial Black Israelites have been slammed as a dangerous, racist cult with members who have been convicted of torturing and killing whites for sport and abusing children.

Hub sect baby’s death probed: Body held in NYC as officials check for neglect

Lamoy and Joseph Andressohn face up to 50 years in prison if convicted of manslaughter for the death of their 6-month-old daughter.

MIAMI -- A dying 6-month-old baby who had been on a raw food diet looked like a starving famine victim usually seen in a poverty-stricken foreign country, a police officer testified on Tuesday in the manslaughter and child neglect trial of the infant's parents.

One of two brothers who testified on Wednesday in their parents' trial on child neglect and manslaughter charges said he was told his infant sister died accidentally, and that he was hungry while on a strict raw food diet, but feared punishment if he said so.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel, May 17, 2003